Almost 2 thousand residents of the Murmansk region work in the field of science

In 2025, 33 organizations were engaged in scientific activities in the Murmansk region. 1,841 people worked in this field. Such data leads Murmanskstat.

The researchers were 44 percent of the employees. Most of them specialized in natural sciences – 78%. Another 12% worked in technical sciences.

Among the researchers, almost equally men and women: 51% and 49%, respectively. About every eleventh specialist had a doctorate, a candidate of science - almost every third.

Domestic spending on research and development in the region approached 5 billion rubles. Most of the funding was provided by budgets of different levels. About 76% of the expenditure was directed to the general development of science and economy.

Earlier, “MK in Murmansk” reported that the Murmansk region entered the top 10 regions in terms of the share of workers with a salary of 200 thousand rubles.